warrior tipsFollow

Firstly, read the stickies in this forum as they should have specific information on recommended leveling specs.

The Warrior is a very gear-dependant class, meaning if your gear isn't up to par, you will most likely feel the effects, especially at lower levels. This is most likely the majority of your "death" problem, but could also stem from lack of knowledge of the class, talent spec, or even just being new to the game in general.

Some more information, such as your current talent spec, level, and your name and server so we can look up your armory stats might help us better help you.

I 100% disagree with this statement.

Instances are a great place to learn how to tank, they're great for learning to deal with a group, and you often get the best gear from them. Learning how to make it through an instance with characters of the "right" level will help you a ton when you get to 70 and people expect you to be able to run smoothly with a group.

Not that you should spend all of your time in instances (slower leveling), but it's a great way to learn.

please don't take dumb advice like this. having someone run you through an instance does absolutely nothing to make you a better player. case in point -> a warrior who uses fear as a normal part of their rotation = a bad warrior.

instances is where the true learning happens, as well as very good loot and lots of XP. gear is what you probably need to focus on, and dual wield fury is generally considered the quickest/easiest leveling spec.

He's a new player trying to learn the game. Not some alt who wants to hit 70 in a month. Right now he's struggling and keeps dying, faster for him means being able to survive. Learning the game mechanics is a good way to start if you want to get better and level faster.





Granted it is faster to quest then PuG instances for most people but if you can get a solid group of friends together, I garantee you can rack in some pretty crazy xp.

Just the other night in Maraudon on our lvl 45 alts we were averaging 36K/hour for 2 hours and 20+K for completing a few of the quest in there. Half of it was spent afk or just talking, we're very casual.If you can get 100+K xp in 2 hours solo questing at lvl 45, you should write a guide cause you're really good.

Add to that the obvious advantage of being inside an instanced zone on a PvP server and you just made your xp/hour go up compared with questing.


To the OP:

Like Meatballsub said, read the stickies. There's really good information for a new player. It would really help if you would tell us a bit more also. What lvl are you? is warrior your first character in WoW or did you try some other class before? Do you have problem with specific situation or you simply can't survive a fight against a single mob of your lvl?

Tell us more and we'll be happy to help you out. And don't listen to that other guy I quoted. Not only instances will get you some nice xp, teach you a lot about the game and can get you the best gear but it can be a lot of fun also. That's what it's all about right?

He didn't, but he's clearly new to the game and instances are a great place to learn what your class and others are capable of.

Then again, you told him to avoid instances altogether, which is just stupid. Many of the people on my friend list are from instance runs I've done.

When he gets to 70 and doesn't know how *any* CC work, how to tank and hold aggro, or what to do in a group ... yeah, he'll be SO much better than if he ran a few instances and took an extra week to get 70.

Aww, is someone get upset about being sub-defaulted on their first post?

OP, if you're questing and keep dying it's probably a combination of needing new gear and not controlling who and what you're fighting. At lower levels, warriors struggle against multiple mobs. Try to keep your fights to one on one and you'll probably do a lot better. Read the stickies on this forum to get some basic info on how to play the class and keep trying; the class improves a lot with age.

Here's a sum: Avoid instances = level faster, no argument can be made
run instances = learn to tank

Not all warriors want to tank.

kovos, after painfully lvling my warr to 65 ish... i tanked my way faster to 70 in instances...

and pretty much have most of my pre-kara blues ready way before i was attuned...

instances gives 2 bonus... gear and experience (well 3... if you count xp points as well as personal player experience...)

I can't speak as a warrior but pugging instances really teaches you what to do or not do when the $*^% hits the fan. Also most people forget that pugs can be as good as they as they can be bad. Unfortunatly it doesn't happen as often as the latter.